While Fernando Garcia may not be a household poker name in the U.S.A. he is definitely one of Brazil's brightest poker stars. In 2013 he took down the Brazil Series of Poker High Roller for $123,000 USD as well as two other tournaments in that same series for roughly $20,000 USD more. Garcia is here today and has made it into the money. Recently he's started to acquire chips as well.
A preflop confrontation led to one player being all in and at risk against Garcia. Garcia was holding against his opponents .
His opponent picked up the lead on the flop and he held it through the turn. But Garcia got lucky when the came on the river to give him a better pair. That earned him the knockout and the pot of roughly 130,000 chips padding his stack to nearly 300,000 chips.
Guilherme Cazula opened with a raise from early position to 13,000. He found one caller from middle position as well as a caller from the big blind.
The flop came and the big blind and Cazula both checked. The middle position player bet 19,000. The big blind called. Cazula then quickly tossed in four orange T25,000 chips, making a raise to 100,000. The player in middle position tanked for a long time before finally deciding to fold and the big blind took one last peek at his cards before folding as well, and that allowed Cazula to rake in the pot and increase his chip lead over the rest of the field.
Andrea Quadros came third place in the high roller earlier this week. But it seems her luck may have run out as she just stone bubbled the Main Event. Quadros was all in with pocket tens and she was called down by another players pocket nines. It was not looking good for her to double up as her opponent had flopped trip nines and she was far behind. She couldn't recover and she was eliminated in 82 place. Immediately after Quadros headed over to the Ladies Event to quickly register.
On an alternate table, Patricia Alencar also found herself all in and at risk. She moved all in on the turn with the board reading [Ksd5c6d] against one other player who called her shove. Alencar was holding while her opponent held . She was able to fade with the on the river and that allowed her to double back up to over 200,000 chips.
A player under the gun opened with a raise to 15,000. Action folded to Daniel Aziz in middle position and he reraised, making it 35,000 to play. Action folded around and the player under the gun called.
The flop came and the under the gun player led out, putting out a bet of 30,000. Aziz quickly moved all in over the top with a covering stack. The player under the gun thought for a long while before revealing his and folding his hand, allowing Aziz to take the pot and move to around 700,000 chips, which is one of the biggest stacks in the room right now.
Aziz has a lot of experience playing poker and taking down tournaments in Brazil. Last year he won the Campeonato Paulista de Poker in São Paulo, taking down R$70,000 for his victory.
Currently, players are just 7 eliminations away from the money. Players are currently on a 15-minute break and will return to play through the bubble. During the last level a new chip leader emerged. Guilherme Cazula is heading to break with the largest stack of 730,000. We'll be keeping an eye on him as the day continues to progress.
Leonard Martins started the day with just 51,000 chips, but over the course of the day he has built up to over 500,000. When we caught him, he had just moved to 525,000 chips.
In a recent hand, Martins opened on the button with a raise to 12,000. The small blind player then moved all in for roughly 50,000. Martins thought for a bit, then decided on a call.
Martins:
Opponent:
The board ran out and that locked up the pot for the small blind player who flopped a set of sevens with the last seven in the deck. Despite dropping that pot Martins still has one of the biggest stacks in the room with right around 485,000
against his opponents 
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flop and he held it through the 
turn. But Garcia got lucky when the 
and the big blind and Cazula both checked. The middle position player bet 19,000. The big blind called. Cazula then quickly tossed in four orange T25,000 chips, making a raise to 100,000. The player in middle position tanked for a long time before finally deciding to fold and the big blind took one last peek at his cards before folding as well, and that allowed Cazula to rake in the pot and increase his chip lead over the rest of the field.
. She was able to fade with the 
on the river and that allowed her to double back up to over 200,000 chips.
and the under the gun player led out, putting out a bet of 30,000. Aziz quickly moved all in over the top with a covering stack. The player under the gun thought for a long while before revealing his 
and folding his hand, allowing Aziz to take the pot and move to around 700,000 chips, which is one of the biggest stacks in the room right now. 
